2008 season

2008

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Position

15th

H&A record

4-18

Finals

N/A

Captain

Darren Glass

Coach

John Worsfold

Best & Fairest

Dean Cox

Most goals

Ben McKinley (42)

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The fall from grace of the 2006 premiers was swift and cruel. West Coast may have been the first team to ever lose two Brownlow Medalists in the same off-season, with captain Chris Judd going back to Victoria at the end of 2007 and his predecessor Ben Cousins deregistered by the AFL following his much-publicised substance abuse issues.

After a season-opening win, West Coast lost their next seven games to plummet to the lower rungs of the ladder. They remained there for the rest of the season, winning just four games to finish second-last, to that point the worst result in the club's history. Along the way they suffered their biggest ever defeat at Subiaco, a 135-point thrashing by Geelong, and another 100 point demolition at the hands of Collingwood which remains the club's biggest loss at the MCG.

On the positive side, Dean Cox continued to show why he is probably the greatest ruckman of the modern era, winning the Club Champion award in a canter. Fellow veterans Andrew Embley and Darren Glass, the latter taking on the captaincy following Judd's departure, also stood up among the carnage. Undersized forward Ben McKinley led the club's goalkicking in his first season as a regular member of the senior side, highlighted by a seven-goal haul against Essendon.

Honour board

Coach: John Worsfold (coaching panel)

Captain: Darren Glass

Leadership group: Dean Cox (vc), Tyson Stenglein (vc), Ashley Hansen, Matt Priddis, Adam Selwood

Club Champion: Dean Cox

Rookie of the Year: Ben McKinley

Chris Mainwaring Best Clubman: Jaymie Graham

Leading Goalscorer: Ben McKinley (42)

All-Australians: Dean Cox

Rising Star nominees: Ben McKinley (round 5), Brad Ebert (round 17)

Milestones:

200 games: David Wirrpanda

150 games: Dean Cox, Darren Glass, Andrew Embley, Daniel Kerr

100 games: Brent Staker

Squad

Offseason player movements

	Senior list
35	Steve Armstrong	29	Ashley Hansen	16	Eric MacKenzie	14	Mark Seaby
10	Michael Braun	19	Tim Houlihan	13	Chris Masten*	37	Adam Selwood
1	Mitch Brown	39	Adam Hunter	48	Patrick McGinnity*	28	Scott Selwood*
26	Sam Butler	25	Shannon Hurn	27	Ben McKinley	30	Matt Spangher
20	Dean Cox	38	Brett Jones	12	Jamie McNamara	41	Brent Staker
18	Brad Ebert*	15	Chad Jones	6	Mark Nicoski	5	Tyson Stenglein
32	Andrew Embley	17	Josh Kennedy*	34	Tony Notte*	33	James Thomson
7	Chad Fletcher	4	Daniel Kerr	11	Matt Priddis	8	Beau Waters
23	Darren Glass	2	Mark LeCras	24	Matt Rosa	44	David Wirrpanda
22	Jaymie Graham	21	Quinten Lynch	31	Will Schofield
	Rookie list
43	Ashley Arrowsmith*	47	Lewis Stevenson*	42	Beau Wilkes
45	Ryan Davis*	40	Will Sullivan*	36	Callum Wilson*

(*new addition to playing squad)

Player reviews

#	Player	Games	Goals
2	LeCras	11	23
4	Kerr	11	6
5	Stenglein	22	1
6	Nicoski	19	2
7	Fletcher	17	3
8	Waters	8	4
10	Braun	18	4
11	Priddis	18	2
12	McNamara	11	2
13	Masten	9	1
14	Seaby	14	6
15	C.Jones	3	5
16	MacKenzie	7	0
17	Kennedy	7	7
18	Ebert	15	5
19	Houlihan	8	0
20	Cox	22	9
21	Lynch	22	23
22	Graham	6	0
23	Glass	21	0
24	Rosa	8	1
25	Hurn	6	1
26	Butler	5	0
27	McKinley	18	42
28	S.Selwood	9	2
29	Hansen	11	12
30	Spangher	7	1
31	Schofield	9	1
32	Embley	21	7
34	Notte	2	0
35	Armstrong	14	9
37	A.Selwood	22	7
38	B.Jones	14	0
39	Hunter	11	8
41	Staker	14	13
42	Wilkes	14	1
44	Wirrpanda	17	25
45	Davis	11	4

Results

Pre-season

Rd	Opponent	Venue	Res	Score	Posn
1	Brisbane	Subiaco	W	92-76	5th
2	Adelaide	Football Park	L	57-133	12th
3	Fremantle	Subiaco	L	73-87	13th
4	Sydney	Stadium Australia	L	45-107	14th
5	Port Adelaide	Subiaco	L	104-128	15th
6	Western Bulldogs	Docklands	L	74-134	15th
7	Carlton	Subiaco	L	74-111	15th
8	North Melbourne	Carrara	L	83-89	15th
9	Adelaide	Subiaco	W	97-47	13th
10	Collingwood	MCG	L	73-173	13th
11	Sydney	Subiaco	L	78-83	13th
12	Essendon	Docklands	L	91-113	15th
13	Geelong	Subiaco	L	47-182	15th
14	Hawthorn	MCG	L	69-126	15th
15	Richmond	Subiaco	L	75-152	15th
16	Brisbane	Gabba	L	67-113	15th
17	St Kilda	Subiaco	W	103-86	15th
18	Fremantle	Subiaco	L	83-116	15th
19	Essendon	Subiaco	W	113-103	15th
20	Melbourne	MCG	L	45-79	15th
21	Hawthorn	Subiaco	L	62-133	15th
22	Geelong	Kardinia Park	L	65-164	15th

Final ladder

Pos.		Team		W		D		L		%
1		Geelong		21		0		1		161.8
2		Hawthorn		17		0		5		131.9
3		Western Bulldogs		15		1		6		118.7
4		St Kilda		13		0		9		110.6
5		Adelaide		13		0		9		109.7
6		Sydney		12		1		9		112.5
7		North Melbourne		12		1		9		97.0
8		Collingwood		12		0		10		111.2
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9		Richmond		11		1		10		97.4
10		Brisbane		10		0		12		98.70
11		Carlton		10		0		12		94.2
12		Essendon		8		0		14		81.7
13		Port Adelaide		7		0		15		95.9
14		Fremantle		6		0		16		93.7
15		West Coast		4		0		18		65.9
16		Melbourne		3		0		19		62.6

Qualifying Finals: Hawthorn def. Western Bulldogs; Geelong def. St Kilda

Elimination Finals: Collingwood def. Adelaide; Sydney def. North Melbourne

Semi Finals: Western Bulldogs def. Sydney; St Kilda def. Collingwood

Prelim Finals: Geelong def. Western Bulldogs; Hawthorn def. St Kilda

Grand Final: Hawthorn 18.7.115 def. Geelong 11.23.89

Jumpers

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Home

Away

Clash

Club Champion leaderboard

#	Player		Votes		Games			#	Player		Votes		Games
1st	Cox		450		22			11th	Wilkes		195		14
2nd	Lynch		360		22			12th	B.Jones		190		14
3rd	A.Selwood		316		22			13th	Fletcher		189		17
4th	Embley		281		21			14th	Kerr		187		11
5th	Glass		269		21			15th	Braun		178		18
6th	Priddis		266		18			16th	Armstrong		173		14
7th	Nicoski		258		19			17th	LeCras		166		11
8th	Wirrpanda		238		17			18th	LeCras		157		14
9th	Stenglein		229		22			19th	Staker		152		14
10th	McKinley		225		18			20th	Hansen		136		13

Stats leaders

#	Goals		Disposals		Disp/game		Marks
1st	McKinley	42 .	Embley	492 .	Priddis	23.89 .	Embley	156
2nd	Wirrpanda	25	Cox	486	Kerr	23.73	Lynch	143
3rd	LeCras	23	Priddis	430	Embley	23.43	Cox	126
4th	Lynch	23	Lynch	404	Fletcher	22.88	A.Selwood	110
5th	Staker	13	A.Selwood	391	Cox	22.09	B.Jones	89
6th	Hansen	11	Fletcher	389	Rosa	20.63	Wirrpanda	88
7th	Armstrong	9	Braun	337	Braun	18.72	Hansen	82
8th	Cox	9	Stenglein	324	Lynch	18.36	Nicoski	78
9th	Hunter	8	Nicoski	309	A.Selwood	17.77	Fletcher	77
10th	3 players	7	Wirrpanda	275	B.Jones	17.64	Hunter	69
	Kicks		Handballs		Clearances		Tackles
1st	Embley	311 .	Cox	253 .	Priddis	83 .	Priddis	103
2nd	Lynch	280	Priddis	228	Cox	83	Stenglein	89
3rd	Cox	233	Fletcher	213	Fletcher	59	Braun	53
4th	A.Selwood	230	Braun	190	Kerr	54	Ebert	48
5th	Wirrpanda	212	Embley	181	Stenglein	45	A.Selwood	47
6th	Priddis	202	Glass	174	Lynch	40	Armstrong	43
7th	Nicoski	185	A.Selwood	161	A.Selwood	38	Lynch	42
8th	Fletcher	176	Stenglein	158	Armstrong	27	Masten	41
9th	Stenglein	166	Kerr	130	Seaby	25	Embley	41
10th	Braun/B.Jones	147	Lynch/Nicoski	124	Ebert	21	Fletcher/Staker	39

Tribunal

Rd		Player		Charge		Outcome
5		Fletcher		Making negligent contact with umpire		Accepted $1,950 fine
6		Staker		Striking R.Murphy		Accepted reprimand
6		Kerr		Headbutting S.West		Accepted 3-match suspension
6		Kerr		Wrestling D.Addison		Accepted $900 fine
7		A.Selwood		Wrestling C.Judd		Accepted $900 fine
10		Waters		Rough conduct against S.O'Bree		Tribunal upheld 2-match suspension
11		A.Selwood		Striking A.Buchanan		Tribunal upheld reprimand
14		Glass		Engaging in melee		Accepted $1,200 fine
14		Hunter		Engaging in melee		Accepted $1,200 fine
15		Kerr		Striking M.White		Accepted 3-match suspension